🛒 We’re getting a Wegmans

🛒 We’re Getting a Wegmans

Wegmans is set to open its first Pittsburgh-area location as part of the Cranberry Springs development, just north of the UPMC Lemieux Complex. The chain will have produce, seafood, meat, cheese, a bakery and deli, and wine and beer. A construction timeline hasn’t been announced. [WPXI]

📚🚫 Book Ban Debate at Pine-Richland

Board members, administrators, and parents clashed Monday at a five-hour board meeting, which resulted in the rejection of the book “Angel of Greenwood,” a young adult novel set during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. This follows the board’s efforts to control what books are allowed in district libraries. [TribLive / WPXI]

• Buy what you want! Here are Pittsburgh’s best indie bookstores. [📝 Hey Pittsburgh]

🏘️ Did Inclusionary Zoning Work In Lawrenceville?

Pittsburgh needs thousands of new homes, and local housing advocates say inclusionary zoning (or IZ) could help. IZ incentivizes or mandates that a percentage of units in new housing projects be priced affordably for lower income households.

• Does IZ work? Dave Breignan, executive director of Lawrenceville United, tells City Cast Pittsburgh that IZ policies have triumphed in his neighborhood — and that local leaders are relying on bad data to help them decide between two very different proposals.
• Get involved. Pittsburgh’s planning commission will take public comment on the proposals at 2 p.m. Jan. 28. You can attend virtually or in person Downtown. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]